Hillsborough
Man who fired off flare faces weapons charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County District Attorney is looking to file 14 felony gun charges against a man who shot off a flare at […]
Month: March 2021
In the news
Foothill-De Anza, Canada to get millions from $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill
Bay Area community colleges are expected to receive tens of millions of dollars in relief money from the recently passed American Rescue Plan, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said Monday. […]
Palo Alto
City council to discuss police dog attack behind closed doors
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is withholding body camera footage of a police dog attack of an innocent Mountain View man at his […]
Palo Alto
City suffers setback in attempt to deal with mental crises
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members want to send mental health workers to incidents that police would have responded to, similar to a program […]
East Palo Alto
Judge tentatively rules in favor of Councilman Lopez in dispute over taco truck at polling place
This story originally appeared in the Thursday, March 11, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
San Carlos
Burglars grab $32,000 in jewelry in early-morning heist
By the Daily Post staff Burglars bashed in the front door of Emkay Diamonds in San Carlos on Saturday morning, ransacked the display cases and got away with $32,000 in […]
Opinion
Opinion: Top issues in Palo Alto in 1993 are familiar today
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A friend the other day gave me a copy of a 1993 survey of Palo Alto residents commissioned by the city. The 28-year-old […]
Mountain View
Feds considering housing kids detained at the border at Moffett; Eshoo says she’ll ‘welcome’ them
By the Daily Post staff Federal officials yesterday on Thursday Moffett Field in Mountain View to see if it would be a suitable place to hold unaccompanied children apprehended at […]
In the news
In some cases, vaccination center volunteers can get vaccinations themselves
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Some residents who are anxious to get their Covid-19 shot are looking into volunteering at a vaccination site as a way to get their […]
Amazon
Amazon leaving East Palo Alto’s University Circle
By the Daily Post staff Amazon is leaving its offices in University Circle that are next to the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto after voters passed a tax […]
North Fair Oaks
Shots fired at car but driver wasn’t hit
By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the pedestrian who opened fire last night on a car on Fifth Avenue east of Middlefield […]
East Palo Alto
Opinion: Kudos to local leaders who are fighting to get more vaccines to East Palo Alto
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Five local officials deserve a round of applause for calling attention to the fact that East Palo Alto residents are getting far fewer […]
San Mateo County
Ex-deputy sheriff headed for trial in election fraud case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After seven years full of delays, the case of a former San Mateo County deputy sheriff accused of election fraud will go to […]
Mountain View
Former mayor recalls days of anti-war activism in new book
This article was originally published in the Monday, March 8, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, get in the habit of picking […]
San Mateo County
TV reporter won’t have to testify at upcoming murder trial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former KRON4 reporter has been spared from testifying during the trial of Daniel Contreras, accused of killing a toddler in the unincorporated […]
Santa Clara County
County sends Kaiser patients back to Kaiser to get their Covid shots
Santa Clara County is transferring Covid vaccination appointments for about 8,5000 people to Kaiser because of a low and unpredictable vaccine supply from the state, officials said today. The patients […]
Palo Alto
Opponents and supporters of Castilleja expansion sound off
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two hearings on a proposal to expand Castilleja School, neighbors last night argued that a proposed 78-car garage would […]
Redwood City
Two cities will consider Covid pay hike for retail workers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Carlos and Redwood City councils last night (March 8) each asked their respective city managers to draft ordinances to boost the […]
Palo Alto
Council takes aim at retail vacancies
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth majority of Palo Alto City Council last night (March 8) passed an ordinance minutely expanding some retail business zoning, but they […]
In the news
More density in neighborhoods? Opposition is growing to bill that would allow four homes on a lot
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Opposition is growing to a bill in the state Legislature that could allow four housing units in many places where one single-family home now […]